BELLEVUE, Wash. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 14, 2015 —
Envelop VR, an enterprise software company that is leading businesses
and consumers to virtual reality, announced today that it has named Dr.
Tom Furness as its Senior Scientific Advisor.

Dr. Tom Furness is a pioneer in human interface technology and is known
as the “grandfather of virtual reality” due to his outstanding
contribution to the advancement of the field. His research and
development of new interfaces have laid the foundations for virtual
reality as we know it today. A professor of Industrial and Systems
Engineering with adjunct professorships in Electrical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and Human Centered Design and Engineering at the
University of Washington, Furness received the first-ever lifetime
achievement award for his 50 year service to the virtual reality (VR)
and augmented reality (AR) industries at last month’s Augmented World
Expo in Santa Clara, California.

"I have chosen to work with Envelop VR because they are developing the
most essential component for the future of the VR industry,” said
Furness. “It is the superglue that brings together and integrates all of
the hardware, software and experience design components that make VR an
empowering tool for mankind.”

Prior to joining the University of Washington faculty in 1989, Furness
served 23 years working as a military scientist in the United States Air
Force at Wright-Patterson Air base, where he developed advanced cockpits
and virtual interfaces for the Department of Defense. His research led
him to the forefront of virtual reality with the development of the
“Super Cockpit”, a wearable fighter cockpit that displays an interactive
circumambience of 3D visual, sound and touch giving the pilot the
necessary information to perform demanding in-flight tasks. This work is
credited as some of the earliest in developing virtual and augmented
reality.

Dr. Furness lectures widely and has appeared in many national and
international science and technology documentaries and news programs. He
holds numerous patents in advanced sensor, display and virtual interface
technologies. In 1998, he won the Discover Award, an award many regard
as the equivalent to winning an Oscar for Science and Engineering, for
his invention of the virtual retinal display (VRD). The VRD scans images
directly onto the retina of the eye and can help people who have some
forms of blindness. He continues to be active in VR and AR development
and application through his role as founder of the international family
of Human Interface Technology Laboratories at the UW, New Zealand and
Australia. He is also engaged in other projects associated with medical
diagnostics, education and training and security.

“Tom is a true innovator in the field of virtual reality, and to have
him want to be involved with what we are working towards here at Envelop
VR is such incredible affirmation,” said Bob Berry, Envelop VR’s
co-founder and CEO. “I have the highest regard for him and having access
to his mindshare is an added bonus for our team moving forward.”

“Envelop VR is developing essential operating system components that
allow everyone in the VR space to work together,” Furness continued. “I
am excited to be a part of this enterprise, and have deep respect for
the Envelop VR team which is one of the best assembled to work in this
complex space."

About Envelop VR

Founded in 2014, Envelop VR is creating productivity and enterprise
software that enables businesses and consumers to create, work and play
in an immersive, 3D environment. Envelop VR is the brainchild of serial
entrepreneur Bob Berry, who studied virtual reality in Japan in the late
90s, and chief technology officer Jon Mavor, who has spent the last two
decades in the video game business developing advanced rendering
technologies. Envelop VR is based in downtown Bellevue, WA. For more
information go to
www.envelopvr.com
or email us at
info@envelopvr.com.